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Meta-owned Dev Team of ‘Onward’ is Being Dismantled Following Major Game Update

Onward (2020), the tactical mil-sim shooter from Meta-owned Downpour Interactive, got its big 2.0 update in March, bringing improved visuals and a host of new content to the game. Now, Downpour Interactive announced that Meta is shutting down the...
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‘Telepath’ Movement System Could be a Great Fit for Quest Controllerless Hand-tracking

Controller-less hand-tracking (like what's currently available as an experimental feature on Quest) has a handful of advantages over using controllers, like convenience and intuitiveness. However, common VR game actions like shooting and moving are difficult to do with hand-gestures...

YouTube is Coming to Vision Pro Eventually, but What About Spatial Video?

YouTube is one of the biggest apps not available on Vision Pro at launch. Thankfully we now know that it's on the way. But will it support its large existing library of spatial videos? Not only did YouTube not have...

Apple Expected to Reveal VisionOS 3 at WWDC in June

Apple announced its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is kicking off on June 9th, which is expected to include news on Vision Pro's next big operating system update, visionOS 3. The event is taking place online from June 9th to 13th,...

Newly Announced ‘Neuromancer’ TV Show Could Be Another Big Moment for VR to Make an Impact

Apple announced that it's bringing a new show to Apple TV+ based on William Gibson's award-winning cyberpunk novel Neuromancer (1984), offering another big moment for VR to take the limelight. According to Apple, the upcoming 10-episode drama series is slated to...

Meta Expects Orion-like AR Glasses to Launch Before 2030, Priced Between Phones and Laptops

On stage at Connect yesterday, Meta unveiled Orion, an AR glasses prototype that, while impressively slim, isn't making its way out of the Meta offices anytime soon. Still, Meta CTO and Reality Labs chief Andrew Bosworth says an AR...

Scientists Build an Itty-bitty VR Headset to Better Study Mice

Researchers at Cornell University have developed 'MouseGoggles', a miniature VR headset with eye-tracking for mice, which was used to study complex behaviors during neural recordings. Traditional small-animal VR systems have been limited by their size, immersivity, and lack of advanced...

Sandbox VR’s ‘Squid Game’ VR Attraction Hits $30M Milestone, Expands with New Mini-game

Sandbox VR, the location-based VR destination, announced it's generated $30 million in ticket sales for its official Squid Game VR attraction. Additionally, Sandbox VR says it's expanding Squid Game with the addition of a new mini-game. Called ‘Repeat Racers’, the...

‘Beat Saber’ Update Adds Three New Free Tracks from Artist Camellia

A Beat Saber update today adds three new tracks from EDM artist Camellia to all of the game's platforms, as well as some new maps to existing songs for the game's 'One Saber' mode. Beat Games announced today that Beat Saber has gotten...

‘Rise of the Titan’ to Bring Its Colossal Robotic Boss Battles to PC VR This Year

Lightbound Studios, a Los Angeles-based indie studio, may not have succeeded last year to fund their VR game Titan Arena through Kickstarter, but all is not lost. The studio has continued work on the titanic-sized boss battler in the meantime,...

Quest 2 Delisted on Amazon EU Due to a Skin Irritation Issue, Oculus Says it Will...

Since last week Oculus Quest 2 had disappeared across a range of Amazon EU websites. Oculus says it was due to previously reported skin irritation caused by the facepad on a small number of units. While the company says...

Sony Details PSVR 2 Prototypes from Conception to Production

Sony released a peek into the prototyping stages that led to PSVR 2, showing off a number of test units for both the headset and controllers. In an extensive interview on the PS blog, PSVR 2’s Product Manager Yasuo Takahashi...

Report: Apple’s VR Headset Delayed to 2023 Amid Development Challenges

Apple's upcoming VR headset was purportedly slated to arrive sometime this year. Now according to a recent Bloomberg report, those launch plans may be delayed by a few months, potentially pushing release to 2023. According to the report, Apple's VR headset was...
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‘Memoreum’ is Bringing ‘Dead Space’ Vibes to Quest Later This Year, New Trailer Here

During the VR Games Showcase today, Patient 8 Games announced it's bringing its long-awaited sci-fi action horror game Memoreum to Quest in September. Patient 8 Games is best known for its hit Half Life: Alyx mod, 'Return to Rapture', which mashed up Bioshock...

‘Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR’ Beta Updates Hint at “Upcoming hardware releases”

Updates to the beta version of Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR, the official integration which allows Windows VR headsets to be used with SteamVR, hint at "upcoming hardware releases." Update (September 2nd, 2020): A Microsoft developer says the reference to...
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